Michael Bloomberg

“Well, we have to provide the world's best schools. We certainly don't have them, but that's our objective.”

“The CIA will only hire people with impeccable credentials to be a translator. 'Impeccable credentials' means you've never lived outside the United States.”

“We can be certain that cities around the world will compete for the jobs that the next revival of the financial services industry will bring.”

“I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they'r...”

“What goes on in Europe concerns us greatly because, if Europe comes apart, the E.U. comes apart, then you're going to have enormous impact on America, that's a very big trading partner of ou...”

“I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways an...”

“We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high.”

“Every one of my positions cuts - out half the country. I'm pro-choice, I'm pro-gay rights, I'm pro-immigration, I'm against guns, I believe in Darwin.”

“Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for.”

“The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, lea...”

“Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.”

“I'd be derelict in my duty if I didn't go and continue to use every advantage that I can to promote New York's cause.”

“Our goal here in New York is to ensure that every child who graduates high school is ready to start a career or start college and to dramatically increase the number of students that graduat...”

“Government is dysfunctional.”

“China is investing in factories in Eastern Europe, not because their labor costs are lower, but because they want to be closer to their markets.”

“You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good thea...”

“These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the reason why it is so expensive, or one of the reasons, it's so expensive to run h...”

“I will say that walking down the street, getting on the subway, taking the elevator, if there's one or two people and they say, 'Great job, Mayor,' that is a real turn-on. I mean, anybody th...”

“It is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.”

“Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.”